Christian Faculty and Staff Network gathering on 10/20 - Next discussion: Chapter 7 – Your best life…later

Join us on Wednesday, October 20, at 11:45 AM (done by 12:45 PM). We meet at the Baptist Campus Ministries building (University Boulevard and 4th Avenue), and (drum roll!) lunch will be served! At $1 per meal, it's the best meal deal in town. 

Meeting logistics 

Meet space change - reminder 

Weather permitting, we'll gather at the picnic tables by the front door of the building. That should give us an opportunity to enjoy the fall weather. 

When we do meet indoors or when weather precludes using the picnic tables, we'll meet in the Baptist Campus Ministries library to take advantage of a little more square footage. When you enter the double doors, walk straight toward the dining hall. The library will be on the left before you enter the dining hall. There will be a lot of people there who can guide you. 

The latest on masks 

Here is information from the Baptist Campus Ministries director regarding masks in the building: You are no longer required to wear a mask with a few exceptions. However, we encourage you to wear them 1) if you prefer to or 2) if you are not vaccinated.

• Masks and gloves will still be required in the kitchen when preparing or serving food.
• Masks will still be required on home game days.
• Masks and hand sanitizer will still be available at the main door. 

Chapter 7 preview 

On 10/20, we'll discuss Chapter 7of Francis Chan's Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God. Francis Chan hits us with the question: "What does running toward Christ and pursuing Love look like in daily life?"

• "How would my life change if I actually thought of each person I came into contact with as Christ—the person driving painfully slow in front of me, the checker at the grocery store who seems more interested in chatting than ringing up my items, the member of my own family with whom I can't seem to have a conversation and not get annoyed?"
• "God wants us to trust him with abandon." 

If you'd like to facilitate a session 

You're welcome to facilitate one of our meetings as well. Since we're still meeting virtually, the current schedule is also online for your reference. Some things you might want to do:

• Facilitate the discussion of the current chapter of the book we're going through. That involves asking questions and inviting responses.
• Giving a discipline talk about what you're doing in your area. It's a chance to get to know you and what you're doing at UA.
• Bring in a guest speaker (we can also dial up someone on speakerphone).
• Invite your pastor or college minister to chat about college students in your church.
• Etc. That's a catch-all in case you have a great idea about something else for our lunch gathering. 

Items of interest 

Think about it 

GK Chesterton said some things that highlight the message of Chapter 7.

• "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried."
• "The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost." 

These happened on the day of our meeting

• 1781. The Continental Army observed a service of thanksgiving as directed by General George Washington the day after the British surrendered at Yorktown.
• 1949. The Inklings held their last meeting. Famous members of this group of thinkers and writers included JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, and Dorothy Sayers.